It is very hard to think how to improve the performance of our government in this generation and the next, if the concern is their dwindling moral values. Even religious aspirants can’t influence this type of mammal although the latter is always present in the homilies in the house of God.
Our constitutions and by-laws pattern from several countries are impressive but because of less execution, corruptions from Batanes to Tawi-Tawi are rampant without sanctions. Warlords still exist in this 21st century in so many islands in my precious Philippines like what happened in Maguindanao with the Ampatuans. I live in Northern Mindanao in Butuan and traveled so many parts in the country as far as south in General Santos, central in Cotabato and West in Zamboanga and studied in Iligan but I am afraid to travel in these two provinces Maguindanao and Lanao Del Sur. The recent news can tell you. How can you feel safe if political clans and dynasties are arm with legal authorities, PAG, immunity and government as their business?
Wala pa ring pagbabago.
Sabi ng karamihan mas mabuti pa yong panahon ni Marcos before Martial Law, siya lang ang mayaman, mga clan (Marcos loyalist) at ang kaban ng bayan but now only few Filipino people did enjoy (mostly politicians and greedy investors), the rest foreign corporations and the most of us live and earned less than $10 a day (kawawang nilalang). Look at the development prior to and in Marcos regime wherein Philippines is still next to Japan in the entire Asia.
How could we overcome these if all the government officials elected and appointed from local to national are all sick? Karamihan sa kanila tumakbo para magkapera at hindi pa nagsawang ibenta ang ating mga ari-arian upang magkaroon ng komisyons or any personal interests. When Corazon Aquino replaced Marcos dictatorship the democracy restored and the 1987 Constitution was the only good thing happened to that administration. Since then the country economic views were so drowsy and less improvements especially on sequestering Marcos ill gotten wealth. Here comes the Fly, Visit and Relax, FVR management, wherein privatized most of the government assets like Asia World City, wasteful thinking Expo-Filipino, creation of Party list System and ARMM with less benefits but looming problems in the future. From MNLF to MILF then what’s next after peace negotiation take place? Followed by the President of the Masang Pilipino Joseph Estrada, which is pro poor and always keep saying he cannot turn back without helping the poor, but Juan says, “pag marami ang mahirap, marami kang matutulangan”. The highest record peso dropped and reached at P56 per dollar and most OFW’s were happy but not me and Juan. Good thing in his time was the will and stand for one armed force for the country and by that “eliminating the MILF”. The latest in the list of Philippines president but not the least is PGMA, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, same like an actress full of controversies, recognizing MILF territories and allowing Private Arm Groups, Hello Garci, in 2004 Election, NBN-ZTE, Fertilizer Scam, Million Dollar Dinner, new Maguindanao Massacre into Martial Law and the Comelec Scandalous Decisions. She still has six months to add budget deficit and to sell government stake in SMC, FTI and the Phil. historic ambassador place in Japan, prior to that North Harbor and Fort Bonifacio prime lot and maybe soon all seaports and airports in the country will be privatized. I noticed that the 1.5 trillion budgets mostly goes to expenses rather than long term investments.
As far as I know, I want to sell something to earn and buy another one, but in our past and present administration always sell assets to cover up deficit Time will come that Philippine government has no more properties to sell and rely more on taxes.
How can you hope if most of these politicians tell us “government services are deteriorating and the only solution is to privatize these key facilities including historical sites and soon my Philippines without lifting our basic rights and wages”? Government key properties and businesses were almost sold. Now I realize that after Luneta Park, the last recourse of the Philippine politician as mammal kind is the seas and oceans, I go deeper and think the Celebes Sea, Sulu Sea and Philippine Sea are endangered will be for sale soon but we don’t know who that president is?
They don’t even think that they are most integral part of the deteriorating Philippine government services. But before it happen we will assure first to privatize the President and we only need 8 directors to manage the country the rest are managers, supervisors and the economic stimulus “rank in file”.
Stop look and listen. Beware of fake politicians.
